To Those Who Did Not Return

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
To the going down of sun and in the morning
We shall remember them.

Lawrence Bryan



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CONTENTS
FOREWORD by General Bruce ix
THOSE WHO HANDED US THE TORCH 1
PART I. BUILDING A COMBAT DIVISION 7
Chapter 1. Activation and Training 9
Chapter 2. Louisiana Maneuvers 26
Chapter 3. The Sands of Hyder 29
Chapter 4. From West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay ... 36
Chapter 5. Training in Pineapple Land 41
PART II. THE LIBERATION OF GUAM 55
Chapter 6. Objective Guam 57
Chapter 7. The Fight for the Beachhead ... . . 62
Chapter 8. To Pago Bay: The Fight for Food 83
Chapter 9. Barrigada: The Fight, for Water 92
Chapter 10. Pursuit Through the Jungle 101
Chapter 11. The Final Push: Yigo and Santa Rosa . . . 113
Chapter 12. Camp McNair and Harmon Road 125
PART III. THE LIBERATION OF LEYTE 139
Chapter 13. No Rest for the Weary 141
Chapter 14. East Leyte: 23 November— 5 December . . . 142
Chapter 15. The End Run to Ormoc 148
Chapter 16. Cogon, Valencia, Tagbong River and
Libungao Road Junction 160
Chapter 17. The Road to Palompon 186
PART IV. KERAMA RETTO 223
Chapter 18. Getting Ready for the Next One 225
Chapter 19. Five Assault Landings on L-6 Day 228
Chapter 20. Later Landings 236
PART V. IE SHIMA: IMPORTANT LITTLE ISLAND 251
Chapter 21. Dodging a Divine Wind 253
Chapter 22. Assault Through the Back Door 258
Chapter 23. Iegusugu Yama 267
PART VI. OKINAWA: FINAL BLOW TO DAI NIPPON 293
Chapter 24. The Escarpment 295
Chapter 25. The Japs Strike Back 308
Chapter 26. Breaking of the Shun Line 321
Chapter 27. The Last Three Hills 360
PART VII. MOPPING UP AFTER THE WAR 389
Chapter 28. Cebu: Rehabilitation and the Jap Surrender . 391
Chapter 29. The Occupation of Hokkaido 409
Chapter 30. Mission Accomplished 419
APPENDICES
Casualties (Killed in Action) 430
Troop List of the 77th Infantry Division 431
Chronology 434
Unit and Individual Awards and Citations 438
Roster of Personnel 445
The History Staff and The History Committee 586
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